1 grml-debootstrap (0.45) unstable; urgency=low
3 * [dc5e2a0] Install os-prober by default.
4 * [f7fc84f] Improve installed-check for packages that should
6 * [c96402b] Be quiet when checking for package precense.
8 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 14 May 2011 03:15:40 +0200
10 grml-debootstrap (0.44) unstable; urgency=low
12 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
13 * [840f5b8] Install (non-free) firmware for Linux kernel
14 * [a6c9e87] turn off Install-Recommends for our apt-get calls
15 * [05d6993] add rsync to package list
16 * [7f6ece8] add lsb-release to package list
19 * [5c9bdb3] Add security.debian.org to sources.list (except for
20 unstable/sid). Thanks for the suggestion to Michael Renner.
22 * [cbe2eae] Integrate Debian/squeeze and Debian/wheezy proberly.
24 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:31:05 +0100
26 grml-debootstrap (0.43) unstable; urgency=low
28 * [57a2d9c] Automatically reboot after 10 seconds of inactivity after
29 successfully finishing automatic installation.
31 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 08 Jan 2011 01:33:25 +0100
33 grml-debootstrap (0.42) unstable; urgency=low
35 * [0d2a566] grml-debootstrap.8.txt: Add Squeeze as alternative
36 recommendation as suite.
37 * [9577874] Move grub_install from grml-debootstrap to chroot-script.
38 * [8782512] Makefile: drop uniq/sed/... workarounds for broken
39 docbook-xsl (1.71.0.dfsg.1-1).
41 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:54:11 +0100
43 grml-debootstrap (0.41) unstable; urgency=low
45 * [97eb00e] Use /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grml.list (instead of
46 /etc/apt/sources.list) for grml-repository. Retrieve the
47 grml-debian-keyring Debian package if possible and fall back
48 to direct use of gpg/apt-key only if that fails. [Closes: issue867]
49 * [17695f7] Dynamically calculate version number using the Debian
51 * [0fd00f0] Run grml-debootstrap under bash.
52 * [171d6a2] Fix --help parsing.
53 * [6364b23] Improve check4root message WRT usage instructions.
54 * [8c38e6c] Improve check4root.
56 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:55:19 +0100
58 grml-debootstrap (0.40) unstable; urgency=low
60 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
61 * Create md raids with metadata format 0.90 when installing lenny, as
62 grub from lenny can not boot from md with newer metadata versions.
65 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:27:57 +0200
67 grml-debootstrap (0.39) unstable; urgency=low
70 * remove 'umount -a' in bailout(). [Closes: issue806].
72 [ Christian Hofstaedtler ]
73 * Remove "read -s" bashism from target chroot script.
77 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.1.
79 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:51:16 +0200
81 grml-debootstrap (0.38) unstable; urgency=low
83 * Source specified configuration file at according stage.
84 * Make sure to reread the correct partition table if using SW-RAID.
85 * Cosmetic: fix comment regarding local CHOOSE_MIRROR.
87 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 28 May 2010 00:45:20 +0200
89 grml-debootstrap (0.37) unstable; urgency=low
91 * Do not unmount ISO loopback mount point in finalize().
93 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:30:32 +0100
95 grml-debootstrap (0.36) unstable; urgency=low
97 * Add support for specifying filesystem that should be created
98 when installing to directories through --filesystem.
100 * Provide /etc/network/interfaces.examples file.
103 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:39:57 +0100
105 grml-debootstrap (0.35) unstable; urgency=low
107 * Do NOT execute 'umount -a' in chroot script for cleanup. This
108 can cause problems with installations to directories.
109 Thanks for the bugreport and debugging, Tong Sun.
111 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
113 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:19:10 +0100
115 grml-debootstrap (0.34) unstable; urgency=low
117 * Move the apt cache removal function to a later point of execution
118 so custom scripts still have access to the Debian packages.
119 * Display executed debootstrap cmdline when running it.
120 * Slightly improve checks for grub-install/update-grub and do
121 no set full path to the binaries.
122 * Revert "Updated grml-debootstrap parameter handling" which
123 breaks the way grml-debootstrap used to work. Instead:
124 * Introduce option --nopackages to skip installation of packages
125 defined in /etc/debootstrap/packages.
126 * Support config variable RM_APTCACHE to allow disabling removal
127 of apt-cache. Thanks for the idea and initial patch, Tong Sun.
130 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:46:13 +0100
132 grml-debootstrap (0.33) unstable; urgency=low
135 * Do not provide the 'install bootloader into partition' feature in
136 the interactive menu.
137 * Install to directory: normalise the path to an absolute directory
139 * remove cached debs to reduce diskpace during bootstrap (based on
140 patch by gebi, thanks).
141 * Fix sed usage for fall back to old behaviour in MBR handling.
142 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.4 (no further changes).
145 * Support and enable per default --keyring option. [Closes: issue746]
146 * Do not run MAKEDEV inside the chroot.
147 * Adjusted umount handling in bailout() to work with set -e
148 * Always execute install_policy_rcd in chroot [Closes: issue778]
149 * Install signal handler to always cleanup chroot.
150 * Replace /bin/true with true in chroot-script
151 * Remove duplicate : in getopt definition. Caused wrong parameter
153 * Adjusted Filename comment in cmdlineopts.clp
154 * Remove trailing whitespace from debian/rules
155 * Switched order of including cmdlineopts.clp, first check local
157 * Only set PARTITION=1 if target is a block device.
158 * Apply patch by Tong Sun <suntong@cpan.org> which addresses
159 grml-debootstrap's parameter handling. Thanks!
160 * Added unit tests for cmddlineopts.clp.
162 [ Michael Gebetsroither ]
163 * introduce --pre-scripts to be executed before chroot-scripts
165 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:32:33 +0100
167 grml-debootstrap (0.32) unstable; urgency=low
169 * Drop support for old-stable/etch.
170 * Simplify usage for grub handling, now it's just GRUB="/dev/sdX[#]".
171 * Execute blockdev to reread partition table.
172 * Replace vol_id command with blkid.
173 * Drop deprecated sarge specific code.
175 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:29:47 +0100
177 grml-debootstrap (0.31) unstable; urgency=low
179 * Adjust grub handling and install grub-pc package for
180 supporting grub2. [Closes: issue747]
181 * Use cdn.debian.net as default mirror.
182 * Support config variable INSTALL_NOTES to catch information during
183 installation which is reported at the end of the installation process.
185 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:47:00 +0200
187 grml-debootstrap (0.30) unstable; urgency=low
190 * Add cmdline option for specifying target architecture (--arch).
191 Allows to specify target architecture i386 if running on an amd64
192 system. [Closes: issue658]
195 * Add according documentation for new --arch option.
196 * Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.3 (no further changes).
198 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:15:46 +0200
200 grml-debootstrap (0.29) unstable; urgency=low
202 The "thanks to gebi for the bugreports and feedback" release. :)
203 * Install busybox in kernel stage to be able to debug initramfs
205 * Check whether we are installing into a directory in stage mkfs
206 so we don't skip if the target is already mounted.
207 * Mention "default: lenny" instead of "default: stable" in help
208 text as "stable" is invalid.
209 * Use 'pri=0' as example for swap partition in /etc/fstab.
210 * Do not adjust mydestination and myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf as
211 mydestination defaults to "$myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost",
212 myhostname defaults to gethostname() and mydomain to localdomain.
213 * Slightly improve wording of -t and -p options.
214 * Do not try to create /etc/debootstrap if it already exists (which
215 might be the case when installing to a directory).
216 * Mention hostname in configuration check dialog.
217 * Apply patch by Zoran Dzelajlija which addresses the partition
218 calculation problem when installing to /dev/cciss/c0d0*. Thanks!
219 * Use ls for locating /dev/md* devices instead of echo so we don't
220 have '/dev/md*' in the interactive partition dialog.
221 * Do not display mountpoint if we are using the default one.
222 * Avoid duplicate 'Running ... on a directory, nothing to mount.'
224 * Do not continue execution if provided mirror doesn't work.
226 * Bump Standard Version to 3.8.2 (no further changes).
228 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:47:47 +0200
230 grml-debootstrap (0.28) unstable; urgency=low
232 * Work around the chpasswd problem. [Closes: issue692]
233 Thanks to Ulrich Dangel <uli@spamt.net> for the patch!
235 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:11:30 +0200
237 grml-debootstrap (0.27) unstable; urgency=low
240 - support setting Debian suite components (like main, contrib,...)
241 through COMPONENTS so it's possible to use a simple 'main' mirror.
242 - support setting aptitude/apt-get options through $DPKG_OPTIONS.
243 - support selection of netinstall vs. local mirror in interactive menu
245 - make sure to ignore /dev/md* devices if not using SW-RAID
246 - do not fail in chrootmirror() when using $ISO variable.
247 - change order of checkconfiguration() so we get the prompt/
248 display for checking configuration again.
249 - Drop 'do not prompt for partition dialog if swraid has been
250 configured already' which doesn't make any sense in most situations
252 - check for mounted target in mkfs() step already instead of mount_target()
253 - use '.. to the debootstrap command' in description of --debopt
254 - chroot-script: put installation of kernel before installing additional
255 packages so installation of kernel doesn't fail if the kernel directory
258 - bump Standard Version to 3.8.1 (no further changes).
260 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 08 May 2009 17:57:57 +0200
262 grml-debootstrap (0.26) unstable; urgency=low
264 * Do not use UUID on SW-RAID.
265 * Add /dev/md* to partition list. If /dev/md* is already
266 configured we don't want to re-run the SW-RAID setup
267 but instead just install on /dev/md*.
269 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:47:53 +0100
271 grml-debootstrap (0.25) unstable; urgency=low
273 * Use configuration $RELEASE as well as default in interactive
275 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
276 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
278 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0100
280 grml-debootstrap (0.24) unstable; urgency=low
282 * Update documentation.
283 * Use configuration of $MIRROR, $HOSTNAME as defaults in
284 interactive setup script.
285 * Add initial support for Debian/squeeze and drop sarge instead.
286 * Update VCS*-headers and long description of Debian package.
287 * Move asciidoc, docbook-xsl, xsltproc to Build-Depends-Indep.
288 * Drop $CHROOTMIRROR variable, instead use $MIRROR for debootstrap
289 as well as inside the chroot.
290 * Provide $MNTPOINT as environment variable for usage inside
291 /etc/debootstrap/scripts/.
293 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:15:32 +0100
295 grml-debootstrap (0.23) unstable; urgency=low
297 The "hey, rocking - we get patches via git" release.
299 * Improve look'n'feel of partition error dialog.
300 * Improve documentation regarding installation of bootloader when
301 using directories as installation target. Thanks Tong Sun!
303 * Copy /etc/debootstrap/[s]bin as well to the chroot if they are
304 present. Suggestion by Tong Sun - thanks! [Closes: issue540]
305 * Apply several patches by Tong Sun (thanks!):
306 - allow symlinks when coping existing files to chroot.
307 - pre-seed packages using /etc/debootstrap/debconf-selections
309 - support DEBOOTSTRAP_OPT for passing extra parameters to the
311 - support KEEP_SRC_LIST to allow user to provide their
312 own apt sources.list from /etc/debootstrap/etc/apt/sources.list
313 - provide cmdline processing in separate script
314 - added the '-d, --confdir=path' option
315 - added "--nodebootstrap": Skip debootstrap, only do configuration
317 - add -v, --verbose: Increase verbosity
318 - do not create stage file at finalize()
319 * Edit /etc/network/interfaces as well if the file exists already,
320 we definitely need at least a loopback interface.
321 * Adjust postfix configuration:
322 - modify hostname related options in /etc/postfix/main.cf
323 - listen on loopback interface by default (thanks for suggestion, gebi)
324 * Unify the --bootappend option, it's not --boot_append (thanks for
326 * Support execution of further scripts via options --scripts and
328 * Drop locales from RECONFIGURE list (thanks for hint, Tong Sun).
331 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0100
333 grml-debootstrap (0.22) unstable; urgency=low
335 * Display meaningful information when no partitions could be found.
337 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:46:20 +0200
339 grml-debootstrap (0.21) unstable; urgency=low
341 * Make sure it works on target directories also if they are
342 *not* mounted separately. Thanks for reporting, Tong.
344 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:19:05 +0200
346 grml-debootstrap (0.20) unstable; urgency=low
348 * Use root=UUID=... by default if possible to avoid possible
349 race conditions with libata vs. pata.
350 * Fix setting hostname via interface.
351 * Provide interface in dialog for setting root password.
353 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:43 +0200
355 grml-debootstrap (0.19) unstable; urgency=low
357 * Use dialog with --separate-output option to make sure mdadm
358 receives correct quoting for the RAID devices.
360 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:36:12 +0200
362 grml-debootstrap (0.18) unstable; urgency=low
364 The "development sponsored by Sipwise GmbH" release.
366 * Provide interactive configuration dialog.
367 * Initial support for SW-RAID.
368 * Use stages based on target information, this gives us
369 the possibility to run multiple instance of grml-debootstrap.
371 * Use policy-rc.d inside chroot to avoid startup of daemons.
373 * Do not activate /sys by default anymore in /etc/fstab.
374 * Copy /etc/network/interfaces from running system to target
376 * Setting password via passwd does not work, use chpaswd instead.
377 * Remove stages after successful execution. [Closes: issue513]
378 * Make sure the configuration file inside the chroot provides
379 the same configuration as specified on the cmdline (thanks gebi
381 * Copy system's /etc/hosts to the target system.
382 * Move stages to /var/cache/grml-debootstrap (thanks for the idea,
384 * Install devices using our own device tarball instead of running
385 MAKEDEV (which is just an ungly fork bomb).
386 * Install MTA postfix by default to avoid installation of unwanted
387 packages like citadel in lenny.
388 * Allow use of comments in file /etc/debootstrap/packages.
389 * Replace initrd-tools with initramfs-tools.
390 * Run aptitude with --without-recommends option.
391 * Run grub-install using --no-floppy, as requested by gebi.
392 * Support setting hostname via cmdline.
393 * Close issue in grml's BTS which showed up during development in hg:
394 Fix handling of config file inside chroot, thanks for spotting, gebi!
396 * Update debian/ to make lintian happy.
398 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:01:14 +0200
400 grml-debootstrap (0.17) unstable; urgency=low
402 * Support "-r" option as well as "--release" as being documented.
403 Thanks for reporting, Jens Kubieziel.
405 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:44:06 +0100
407 grml-debootstrap (0.16) unstable; urgency=low
409 * Drop the second passwd call.
411 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:10:54 +0100
413 grml-debootstrap (0.15) unstable; urgency=low
415 * Make sure the passwd command succeeds.
416 Thanks, Wolfgang Karall! [Closes: issue363]
418 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:30:37 +0100
420 grml-debootstrap (0.14) unstable; urgency=low
422 * Make sure variable ISO is unset variable if not used.
423 Thanks for the bugreport, Darsha! [Closes: issue352]
425 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:16:15 +0100
427 grml-debootstrap (0.13) unstable; urgency=low
429 * Fix manpage handling of xsltproc.
431 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:47:09 +0100
433 grml-debootstrap (0.12) unstable; urgency=low
435 * Fixed some typos in the manpage.
436 Thanks for the patch, Alexander 'Stone' Steinböck!
438 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:16:03 +0200
440 grml-debootstrap (0.11) unstable; urgency=low
442 * Better inform user about already executed stages.
445 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 6 Oct 2007 18:03:16 +0200
447 grml-debootstrap (0.10) unstable; urgency=low
449 * Add console-common to /etc/debootstrap/packages. Thanks for
450 the feature request, Thorsten Strusch!
451 * Support option -i/--iso: now it's possible to install packages
452 from a normal Debian ISO. Thanks for the idea and the basic
453 instructions to Thorsten Strusch!
454 http://www.thorstenstrusch.de/software/debian-linux/
456 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:13:32 +0200
458 grml-debootstrap (0.9) unstable; urgency=low
461 * Add support for EXTRAPACKAGES that can be dropped in
462 /etc/debootstrap/extrapackages
463 * Add boot_append option to manpage
464 * Manpage reformatted
467 * Support grml-repository and installation of grml-kernel
468 via GRMLREPOS and GRMLPACKAGES.
469 * Use stage logic inside chroot-script as well.
470 * Activate zsh completion.
471 * Rewrote interfaces() code for handling of
472 /etc/network/interfaces. Thanks for the pointer, formorer.
473 * Make sure stopping a service inside chroot-script does not
474 fail chroot-script itself.
476 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:23:19 +0200
478 grml-debootstrap (0.8) unstable; urgency=low
480 * Add BOOT_APPEND option for kernel appendline
482 -- Alexander Wirt <formorer@grml.org> Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:19:06 +0200
484 grml-debootstrap (0.7) unstable; urgency=low
486 * Support setting some variables via cmdline.
487 * Support full automatic installation via debian2hd.
488 * Change logic of function execution and improved error handling
490 * Use aptitude instead of apt-get in chroot-script, but
491 only if it's available.
492 * Use DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive' so we avoid unnecessary
493 questions when installing. (Thanks, formorer!)
494 * Added additional check to grub code for running sed on
497 * Use asciidoc for manpage generation.
498 * Added basic zsh-completion (thanks, ft!), but do not install it yet.
499 We have to adjust $fpath in grml-etc-core first.
501 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:57:29 +0200
503 grml-debootstrap (0.6) unstable; urgency=low
505 * Support Debian release with codename 'lenny'. Depend on
506 debootstrap/cdebootstrap versions supporting lenny therefore.
507 * Split all the code into separate functions.
508 * Export LANG=C and LC_ALL=C as we don't have the locales inside
509 the chroot when running grml-debootstrap. (Just a cosmetic
510 change as there aren't any errors but warning messages from
512 * Always assume architecture of the running system (overwriting
513 via $ARCH is still supported of course).
514 * Write variables from grml-debootstrap to /etc/debootstrap/variables
515 and provide it to chroot-script.
516 * Support stages. [Closes: issue151]
518 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Mon, 9 Apr 2007 14:35:21 +0200
520 grml-debootstrap (0.5) unstable; urgency=low
522 * Changed Architecture from any to all.
524 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:58:53 +0100
526 grml-debootstrap (0.4) unstable; urgency=low
528 * Support installation into directory.
530 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:00:38 +0100
532 grml-debootstrap (0.3) unstable; urgency=low
534 * Initial support for $ARCH.
535 * Added function for clean exit (using trap).
537 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:51:09 +0100
539 grml-debootstrap (0.2) unstable; urgency=low
541 * Support Sarge and Sid as "$RELEASE"s as well.
542 * Added 'debootstrap | cdebootstrap' and grml-etc-core to
545 - cdebootstrap [broken for sarge as $RELEASE, see #390510]
546 - setting hostname via /etc/hostname
547 - /etc/kernel-img.conf
548 - support setting locales through /etc/debootstrap/locale.gen
549 * Added ssh, mdadm and lvm2 to default package list.
550 * Rewrote kernel package version handling (removed from package
551 list to be able to support sarge as well).
553 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 19:05:19 +0100
555 grml-debootstrap (0.1) unstable; urgency=low
559 -- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Fri, 3 Nov 2006 01:10:52 +0100